[Sca-cooks] Number of times cloth napkins can be used and washed

[Huette von Ahrens]

When I was a child my mother had three different sets of linen cloth napkins,
which we used once and then put in the wash.  Since there were only four of
us, the 36 napkins lasted 9 days before running out.  Since my mother did laundry
once a week, we never really ran out.  She would wash them and then iron them.
And when I grew old enough to handle an iron, I was the designated ironer.
When I was in my late teens, I remember rebelling and asking for paper napkins.
My father backed me up in this rebellion and we stopped using cloth.  Only
one set was getting shabby by that time and probably wasn't 100% linen.  We
turned those into dust cloths.  I still have the other two sets and they are 
looking fine.  So for 20 years of constant use and then 34 years of only special 
occasion use, I think that they are holding up well.

Huette

--- Micheal <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:

>  Greetings
> Considering the number of laws, regulations, ordinances, concerning public 
> health issues by most State and Provincial Health Departments for 
> Restaurants. Are you sure you want to stay with that line. What you do at 
> home is up to you, but I am very sure it is not so for any place the public 
> eats.
>  I know for fact not at my house nor in any of the Restaurants I have ever 
> worked at.  It is why so many places use paper ones.
> 
> 
> > Why would you wash the napkin after one use?  That is not customary even 
> > in the current century in homes where cloth napkins are commonly used.
> >
>  Cealian
>  
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